Hike description
This hike was an opportunity to explore the old 701 Trail – It is referred to as the Buck Lake trail on the old maps. I was made aware of it recently and wanted to explore it since
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10/28/2016 – MP3 and Rimrock Trails
Hike description
Today’s hike was very unique. It was unique for two reasons – first, it was my first hike with Dave. Second, it was my last hike with Bodie (in spirit) where I spread his ashes on the overlook
… Read the rest 10/2 – 10/3/2016 – Thornton Lakes Backpack
Hike description
This trip was kind of a last minute plan. Originally, I didn’t think we would be able to do our annual Father/Daughter backpack trip due to Carly working in Stehekin again, but she sent me a message mid
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Hike description
I needed to burn some vacation days for 2016, so I’ve taken off most of the Fridays in September. I was thinking of what trail to hike on this particular Friday and this one is one of my
… Read the rest 8/10/2016 – Beullers Bluff – Stehekin
Hike description
This was a very special hike for me. It was very short, but special. It was a hike we did on the last day of visiting Carly while she was working in Stehekin. In addition, most of the
… Read the rest 7/6 – 7/10/2016 – Enchanted Valley Backpacking
Hike description
This was my annual backpacking trip. Unfortunately, Carly was not able to join this year, so Kirk, Sarah and I went to explore the Enchanted Valley in the Olympic National Park. The trip took us up the long … Read the rest
5/7/2016 – Lower Milepost 3 Trail and Oak Grove Work Center
Hike description
The agenda for this day was to do two things:
1- Explore below the 4635 road where the MP3 trailhead is, to try and find the trail down to Oak Grove
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4/30/2016 – Cripple Creek and Cache Meadow
Hike description
The plan was for this to be another short hike with Bodie. After seeing the conditions over the past few weeks, I thought I might be able to make it up to the Rimrock trailhead (plan A). If … Read the rest
4/16/2016 – Milepost 3 Trail
Hike description
This was a relatively short hike on a beautiful sunny day – above average temperatures for this time of year – in the 70’s. I don’t think it was quite that warm up higer, but it was till
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Hike description
This was no April Fool’s Joke!!! This was a quick trip down the Hillockburn trail with Bodie. The weather was beautiful and I needed to take a day off from work, so I decided to take this trip.
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Hike description
The hike today was just a chance to get out and take Bodie out while he is still able. Based on trail difficulty and snow levels, the choices were limited, but I decided to hike the Cripple Creek
… Read the rest 3/12/2016 – South Fork Waterworks
Hike description
Note: The map above was a hand rendered guess as to our route – I forgot my phone on this trip, so had no real GPS track.
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This trip was to explore some
2/16/2016 – Fish Creek
Hike description
This hike was a rather quick hike just to get out and enjoy a nice winter day. I had the day off of work (President’s Day), and the weather was supposed to be pretty good (not raining). It
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Hike description
Bodie and I took a trip up to the Cripple Creek trail today, starting from the pipeline road. I keep thinking each trip I take him on might be his last, but he keeps hanging in there. He
… Read the rest 1/23/2016 – Eagle Creek Trail – 501- Clackamas
Hike description
This was kind of an unplanned hike. I had planned to stay home today and do some things around the house. Zack texted me about 7:30 and asked if I was going anywhere today. After a few back
… Read the rest 1/1/2016 – Fanton Trail – 505 – Snowshoe
Hike description
Todays hike was continuing a 4 or 5 year tradition of hiking on the first day of the year. This year, Kirk and I decided to try a snowshoe trip, since we’ve had lots of snow so far
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